Battery-box support



R. HUNTER BATTERY BOX SUPPORT July 13, 1926.

Filed' Feb. 1s

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UNITED STATES iseaei .PATENT -QlililCEir ROY HUNTER, OF ORCHARD, NEBRASKA.

BATTERY-BOX SUPPORT.

Application filed February the fact thatthe lubricant is of a heavy.

character, and the weight ofthe fly wheel. in order to secure sufficient current from the magneto for a proper spark itis practically necessary to spin the crankshaft of the enfrine which is a difficult proposition requiring considerable power.

The starting of such a tractor frequently rcfpiires considerable time resulting in a consequent loss to the user so that it becomes desirable to provide means for supporting a battery for cooperation with the coil box in order to afford a spark of proper intensity as soon as the engine is manually cranked, thus saving time and the expenditure of labor in the usual protracted cranking op eration.

It is also important to provide a box for mounting this battery as a detachable unit in connection with the coil box so as to per mit convenient access to the battery and to provide for the proper control of the electric current therefrom.

The invention has for an object to provide a novel and improved construction wherein the battery box is provided with a closure `at its upper portion and an upwardly extending bracket therefrom for supporting said box in associated relation with a coil box.

A further object of the invention is to provide an improved construction of this supporting bracketadapted to embrace the sides and bottom of the box and having its upward extension disposed rearwardly for connection with ixed parts of the normal. engine construction.

Another object of the invention is to provide an improved construction of battery box having a. diagonally disposed cover pivoted at the rear thereof and a battery locat ed therein and provided with circuit connections cooperating with a switch carried by the box to control such circuits.

Other and further objects and advantages or the invention Will'be hereinafter set forth 13, 1925. Serial No. 9,018.

andthe novel features thereof defined by the appended claims.

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Figure l is a side elevation showing the invention applied; and Figure 2 is an ond view thereof.

Lilie numerals refer to like parts on the ligures of the drawing.

The numeral i0 designates the engine frame of a tractor which may be of any desired type or construction and toV which the usual coil box 1l is secured by means of the stud bolts l2 threaded into the engine frame,

rlhe battery box 13 forming the subject of this invention is adapted to be suspended from the stud bolts by means of hangers let which extend down the opposite sides of the box to the bottom thereof. The box is adapted to contain any desired type of battery suitable for ignition purposes, for instance a hot shot battery 1G which substantially lills the boxing, and Vfor the purpose of introducing and ren'ioving this battery when desired the box is provided with a cover member 17 having a diagonal line of closure 18 with the box body 13 and hinged thereto at its rea-r edge 19. This permits the cover to be opened into such position that the battery may be conveniently removed from the box and thc cover is further provided with a suitable latch member 20 for retaining it in closed position.

In order to offset the box from the engine structure to permit convenient access thereto the hanger member 14s extends diagonally downward and is formed at its free end with a. vertically disposed portion 21 which passes over the stud bolt l2. As the battery carriedby the box is of considera-ble weight, it .is desirable to reinforce this hanger by the substantially parallel strip 22 which is riveted to the hanger at 23 and provided at its upper end with a vertical'portion 24E also retained by the stud bolt 12. This reinforcing strip is of substantially U-shape and extends beneath the bottom 15 of the box. The rivets 23 may also be used to connect the straps to the battery box.

It is further proposed to provide the box with a suitable switch 25 mounted thereon and having one terminal 26 connected by line 27 with the battery and an opposite terminal 27a connected by rline 28 to the ueual magnet-o generator, While the movable nember of the switch is in circuit With the coil box 1l by a line 29 extending from the terminal 30 to the coil box. The opposite terminal of the coil box is connected by a line 3l with the gbattery terminal 32, as shown in Figure l.

This arrangement provides a simple construction by which the battery may ber switched into circuit with the coil box and used for starting purposes, and the switch subsequently shifted to feed from the magneto to said coil box, thus reservingl the battery power for subsequent starting use'. The battery box may be formed of any desired material, preferably of sheet metal, and of a width substantially equal to that of the coil box, While a libre padding 3? may be provided on the base of the battery box to prevent undue Wear of the' battery thereon.

The operation of the `invention ivill be olfvious from the foregoing description and it will be seen that a battery supporting; rece'ptacley is provided adapted for attachment as a unit to the normal construction on the market and the structure of this receptacle or box permits the convenient removal and replacement of the battery with circuit connections thereto established on the battery box. The construction presents a very ef! licient and economically manufactured attachment adapted to render relatively easy the starting of a tractor and embodies therein' the' advantages of an ignition battery present in the usual passenger' vehicle con- Sl ruction.

lllliile the specific construction of the parts has been shown and described, still the invention is not confined thereto as changes and alterations may be made Without departing from the spirit of the invention defined by the appended claim.

Havingthus described my invention, what l claim as neufv and desire to secure by Let- 1ers Patent is:

A battery' box hanger comprising a U- shaped bracketadapted to embrace the sides and bottom of a ybattery box and having rearwardly extending lian-ger arms terminating at their free end portions in vertically disposed attaching extensions, and a Supporting strap extending kfrom said arms` at their lower portions and provided with a parallel attaching portion.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature,

ROY HUNTER. 

